corruptions DEFINED

and the liars that define it:

The Washington Post leads with news that Edwin Buckham, a former chief of staff and political adviser to Tom DeLay, collected over a million dollars in payments from a pro-family nonprofit organization. Buckham set up the U.S. Family Network – a group whose revenue came mostly from clients of lobbyist Jack Abramoff—while in DeLay's employ. Although DeLay claimed the USFN was a "nationwide, grass-roots organization," the 3 million dollars it collected in five years was mostly funneled to DeLay's advisers or used to fund ads attacking Democrats. In addition, the money was spent on costly art as well as lavish travel and entertainment for Buckham. The WP also notes that "Abramoff, for his part, once boasted that he had invested a million dollars in Buckham."